Award-winning reporter Kathleen Martens covers western and northern Canada for aptnnews.ca. A veteran of the Brandon Sun, Sun Media and APTN Investigates, she is based in APTN’s head office, specializing in stories about property, women’s rights and community.

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38 thoughts on “Conflict mars first day of Trudeau government consultations on Trans Mountain pipeline”

Hate to remind you that is what we are facing anyway once the oil runs out and huge profits go into someone’s pockets but by then maybe we can’t grow much anymore anyway since our pollinators will have been decimated. Better to change course now before it’s too late.

Hate to remind you that is what we are facing anyway once the oil runs out and huge profits go into someone’s pockets but by then maybe we can’t grow much anymore anyway since our pollinators will have been decimated. Better to change course now before it’s too late.

The government must obtain consent not simply consult with Indigenous peoples. Most importantly……consent CANNOT be obtained through Band Chiefs and Councils as they are a creation of the Canadian government. The only way to obtain Indigenous consent is through their hereditary governing systems. That means the family head or clan system in most cases. Nothing short of this can possibly meet Canada’s obligation to abide by The Convention on Indigenous Rights. A meeting between a retired S.C. judge and the Band Chiefs and Council’s cannot lead to consent!

The government must obtain consent not simply consult with Indigenous peoples. Most importantly……consent CANNOT be obtained through Band Chiefs and Councils as they are a creation of the Canadian government. The only way to obtain Indigenous consent is through their hereditary governing systems. That means the family head or clan system in most cases. Nothing short of this can possibly meet Canada’s obligation to abide by The Convention on Indigenous Rights. A meeting between a retired S.C. judge and the Band Chiefs and Council’s cannot lead to consent!

The government and NEB are risking a repeat next year of the Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling of failure to meaningfully consult First Nations. With luck, the pipeline will be delayed long enough for everyone to realize that there is no longer a market for Canadian bitumen. Canadian taxpayers can write off the $4.5B paid to Kinder-Morgan, and save most of the $9B or so it would cost to complete this boondoggle.

TMPL makes a profit of over $200 million. The debt cost per year is $100 million so the feds are making a profit now on the old pipe. There is a huge market for bitumen in China. The thicker stuff can be used to make asphalt and other byproducts

Yeah! Go tiny house warriors, The government And corporations, Forgot what life is worth. They’ve had oil for so long, got too comfortable that they,
Are the problem. It’s reflective on Alberta’s premier r.notley.. forget what they say. Treat them like they treat us,.as unimportant.. I applaud your trenchwork,. Be wise to them doing nasty things for media propaganda while blaming your outfit. They’ve done it before, but now were wiser… so go forth tiny warriors mother earth and our ancestors would be proud.. hi hi.

The government and NEB are risking a repeat next year of the Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling of failure to meaningfully consult First Nations. With luck, the pipeline will be delayed long enough for everyone to realize that there is no longer a market for Canadian bitumen. Canadian taxpayers can write off the $4.5B paid to Kinder-Morgan, and save most of the $9B or so it would cost to complete this boondoggle.

TMPL makes a profit of over $200 million. The debt cost per year is $100 million so the feds are making a profit now on the old pipe. There is a huge market for bitumen in China. The thicker stuff can be used to make asphalt and other byproducts

Yeah! Go tiny house warriors, The government And corporations, Forgot what life is worth. They’ve had oil for so long, got too comfortable that they,
Are the problem. It’s reflective on Alberta’s premier r.notley.. forget what they say. Treat them like they treat us,.as unimportant.. I applaud your trenchwork,. Be wise to them doing nasty things for media propaganda while blaming your outfit. They’ve done it before, but now were wiser… so go forth tiny warriors mother earth and our ancestors would be proud.. hi hi.

Its wonderful Canada has 1st Nations people and non-Aboriginal water defenders working together to expose the corruption of the oil industry and government. Real change always comes from the people. When will our Supreme Court judges listen to Aboriginal leaders, scientists, doctors, mothers and fathers who see the impact of big oil on our planet ?

I do believe we should go green but in the mean time I do not want to live in a tent city without the convenience I have been accustomed to, no air travel, no heat in my house and having to grow and preserve my own food

It’s great to have a reasonable discussion. I share your concerns but I have never been prevented from having any of those things. The goal is a gradual change to cleaner energies. No one wants to starve oil workers. We are behind the rest of the world in changing our ways. Fossil fuels are old technologies.

The Indigenous people who’s land would be affected by the government’s plans for the pipeline should be a part of the meetings and have a big say in the final decisions made – after all, it is their land. The way in which the government is still treating the Indigenous people are going in the complete opposite direction toward reconciliation with them.

Its wonderful Canada has 1st Nations people and non-Aboriginal water defenders working together to expose the corruption of the oil industry and government. Real change always comes from the people. When will our Supreme Court judges listen to Aboriginal leaders, scientists, doctors, mothers and fathers who see the impact of big oil on our planet ?

I do believe we should go green but in the mean time I do not want to live in a tent city without the convenience I have been accustomed to, no air travel, no heat in my house and having to grow and preserve my own food

It’s great to have a reasonable discussion. I share your concerns but I have never been prevented from having any of those things. The goal is a gradual change to cleaner energies. No one wants to starve oil workers. We are behind the rest of the world in changing our ways. Fossil fuels are old technologies.

The Indigenous people who’s land would be affected by the government’s plans for the pipeline should be a part of the meetings and have a big say in the final decisions made – after all, it is their land. The way in which the government is still treating the Indigenous people are going in the complete opposite direction toward reconciliation with them.

Fossil fuel use and colonialism, 2 things that have to be relegated to history. Humans #1 priority should be to switch over to green, renewable energy to save ourselves and the planet by lowering greenhouses gasses. Imbalanced distribution of economic resources that are directly related to colonial policies need to change. Humans can stop killing themselves because of their paranoid, homophobic need for war and greed. Respect and consult with your indigenous brothers and sisters, they are going to save us.

Good fror Tiny houses warriors.
Upsetvand charged for A little red paint compared to poisoned water suply is pathetic compared to potential loses of life andcland when a spill occurs. Who will the RCMP arrest for the deaths, “murders”
Strength to the peaceful warriors2

Fossil fuel use and colonialism, 2 things that have to be relegated to history. Humans #1 priority should be to switch over to green, renewable energy to save ourselves and the planet by lowering greenhouses gasses. Imbalanced distribution of economic resources that are directly related to colonial policies need to change. Humans can stop killing themselves because of their paranoid, homophobic need for war and greed. Respect and consult with your indigenous brothers and sisters, they are going to save us.

Good fror Tiny houses warriors.
Upsetvand charged for A little red paint compared to poisoned water suply is pathetic compared to potential loses of life andcland when a spill occurs. Who will the RCMP arrest for the deaths, “murders”
Strength to the peaceful warriors2